December 3–5, 2024
Hosted by: Los Alamos National Laboratory
NCSP Management Team
Angela Chambers, DOE NNSA (NA-ESH-21), NCSP Program Manager
Doug Bowen, ORNL, Execution Manager
John Miller, Sandia, IE Manager
Contact the team: ncsp-mgmt [at] ornl.gov (ncsp-mgmt[at]ornl[dot]gov)
Links to the Agenda
| Welcome | |
|---|---|
| Angela Chambers (NCSP) | Welcome from NCSP |
| Joetta Goda, Mark Chadwick (LANL) | Welcome from Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Doug Bowen (ORNL) | The Purpose of the DOE/NNSA Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Technical Program Review |
| David Hayes (LANL) | CSSG FY24 Overview |
| NCSP Task Manager Invited Site Reports | |
|---|---|
| Joetta Goda (LANL) | LANL FY24 NCSP Highlights |
| William Hall (MSTS) | NNSS Support Activities FY24 |
| Catherine Percher (LLNL) | LLNL NCSP Task Manager FY24 Overview |
| Alex Lang (ORNL) | ORNL NCSP FY24 Budget Summary and Highlights |
| Travis Zipperer (PNNL) | PNNL Budget Summary and Highlights |
| Yaron Danon (RPI) | NCSP Related Nuclear Data Research at RPI |
| David Ames (SNL) | Sandia Site Report |
| Scott Finfrock (SRS) | CritView Status Report |
| Kevin Reynolds (Y-12) | Y-12 Task Manager FY 2024 Summary |
| Gustavo Nobre (BNL) | BNL Site Report for the NCSP Technical Program Review |
| International Collaborations | |
|---|---|
| Matthew Harker (AWE) | International Collaborations AWE UK |
| Michael Laget, Michael Prigniau (CEA) | Overview of CEA activities in nuclear criticality safety |
| Sophie Pignet (IRSN) | IRSN work in support to NCSP: FY2024 |
| FY24 Integral Experiments (IE) Technical Presentations | |
|---|---|
| Vaibhav Jaiswal (IRSN) | IER 296: TEX-MOX Experiment Preparation |
| Nick Thompson (LANL) | IER 296: Preparations for MOX Experiments with IRSN |
| Rob Weldon (LANL) | IER 153: PFUNS Execution and Preliminary Analysis |
| Ryan Charrette (LANL) | IER 153: Preliminary Spectral Adjustment Results |
| Kristin Stolte (LANL) | IER 423 and beyond: Use in Validation Suites |
| Geordie McKenzie, Rene Sanchez, Travis Grove (LANL) |
IER 479: A update on the Low Temperature TEX Experiment |
| Theresa Cutler (LANL) | IER 499: TEX-Cl: Ushering in a New Era of Critical Experiments with a Revamped Control System |
| Greg Siemers (LANL) | IER 516: Zirconium Test Assembly |
| Peter Brain (LANL) | IER 537: CERBERUS and its Impact on Cu Data |
| Kelsey Amundson (LANL) | IER 537: CERBERUS Part I Review and Motivation for Part II |
| Alex McSpaden (LANL) | IER 567: MUSiC Subcritical NoMAD Leakage Multiplication Benchmark Results |
| Rob Weldon (LANL) | IER 568: MUSiC Subcritical Neutron Noise Benchmark Results (OS) |
| Arel D'Agostino (incl Oukrop work) (LANL) | IER 568: MUSIC Leakage multiplication with Organic scintillators |
| John Bess, David Shepard (LANL) | IER 578: Jupiter High Pu-240 Benchmark Experiment Evaluation |
| Cole Kostelac (LANL) | IER 579: Pile Oscillator Experiments at NCERC |
| Peter Brain (LANL) | IER 607: THALES: Ta- Reflected Pu Experiments |
| Mathieu Dupont (ORNL) | FY24 ORNL IE Task Summary |
| David Ames (SNL) | IER 441: Completion of Epithermal Tantalum Experiments |
| Mac Cook (SNL) | IER 523: UO2-BeO Fuel with 7uPCX CED-2 Developments |
| Chantel Nowlen Peterson (SNL) | Sandia CX Digital Indications and Plant Protection System Upgrade |
| Augie Chapa (SNL) | Fabrication of New 7uPCX Control and Safety Elements |
| Eric Aboud (LLNL) | IER 499: TEX-Cl Experimental Measurements |
| Eric Aboud (LLNL) | IER 547: Low Temperature TEX Surrogate Experiments and Results |
| Ruby Araj (LLNL) | IER 501: PNDA Benchmark |
| Jesse Norris (LLNL) | IER 532: TEX-Hf Benchmark Analysis |
| Paul Maggi (LLNL) | IER 602: AFFRI International Dosimetry Intercomparison Exercise |
| Will Zywiec (LLNL) | IER 500: AWE Measurements in FY24 |
| FY24 Nuclear Data (ND) Technical Presentations | |
|---|---|
| Klaus Guber, Jesse Brown (ORNL) ORNL-ND1, ORNL-ND3 |
Data Measurement and Analysis of Zr for the NCSP |
| Marco Pigni (ORNL) ORNL-ND2 |
Actinides evaluations and R-matrix analysis of n+natCl reactions |
| Luiz Leal (ORNL) ORNL-ND2 |
Nuclear Data Evaluation for NCSP Applications |
| Jordan McDonnell, Jesse Brown (ORNL) ORNL-ND2 |
ORNL FY2024 Nuclear Data Evaluation Contributions: Cu, La, N, and Ta |
| Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL) ORNL-ND6 |
Recent Developments in the R-Matrix Code SAMMY |
| Chris Chapman (ORNL) ORNL-ND9 |
Simultaneous TSL/RRR Evaluation of UO2 & PuO2 – Expanded Theory & Simulations |
| Ayman Hawari (NCSU, LLNL) LLNL-ND12 |
Thermal Scattering Law Research and Development at NC State University |
| Ching-Yen Wu (LLNL) LLNL-ND13 |
233U PPAC Design and Fabrication |
| Sukhjinder Singh (RPI) RPI-ND1 |
Measurements, RRR Evaluation, and Covariances of 54Fe |
| Alec Goals (RPI) RPI-ND1 |
Automatic Determination of Resonance Parameters from Self-Shielded Measurements in the Unresolved Resonance Region |
| Greg Siemers (RPI) RPI-ND1 |
RPI Neutron Scattering Measurements and Zirconium Evaluations |
| Gustavo Nobre (BNL) BNL-ND1 |
National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC) Support to the NCSP |
| Rebecca Coles (BNL) BNL-ND1 |
Continuous Integration Advance |
| Ken Hanselman (LANL) LANL-ND2 |
Update on the 35Cl(n,p) Measurement at LENZ |
| Esther Leal-Cidoncha (LANL) LANL-ND2 |
133Cs(n,g) DANCE Measurement |
| Denise Neudecker (LANL) LANL-ND1 |
Evaluations of 238U PFNS and Minor U/ Pu Isotopes |
| Thanos Stamatopoulos (LANL) LANL-ND1 |
The 239Pu measurement at DICER |
| Mark Paris (LANL) LANL-ND1 |
Evaluations for Nuclear Criticality Safety Program 12C, 139La, minor actinides, 235U |
| FY24 Information Preservation And Dissemination (IPD) Technical Presentations | |
|---|---|
| Mathieu Dupont (ORNL) ORNL-IPD5 |
Status of the HPRR experiments evaluation - SINBAD Process |
| Catherine Percher (LLNL) LLNL-IPD1, LLNL-IPD2, LLNL-IPD5 |
International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project Update |
| Doug Bowen (ORNL) ORNL-IPD3, ORNL-IPD4 |
Nuclear Criticality Safety OSTI Repository, LFE Database, and the NDA Program |
| Doug Bowen (ORNL) ORNL-TE1 |
ORNL NCSP Training and Education Support for FY 2024 |
| Walid Metwally (ORNL) ORNL-TE14 |
Overview and Status Update of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Training and Pipeline Program |
| FY24 Invited Talks & Technical Presentations | |
|---|---|
| Iyad Al-Qasir (ORNL) | Graphite Thermal Neutron Scattering: Advancing from Basic Principles to Criticality Insights |
| William Wieselquist (ORNL) | DNCSH Highlights |
| Doug Bowen, Alex Lang (ORNL) | Oak Ridge Subcritical Assembly Status Update |
| Theresa Cutler, Denise Neudecker, Matt Devlin (LANL) | PARADIGM: Machine Learning Selection of Differential and Integral Experiments to Optimally Reduce Nuclear Data Uncertainties |
| Theresa Cutler (LANL) | NCERC Advanced Reactor Experiments |
| Marco Pigni (ORNL) | Evaluation work activities within the International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN) |
| Jesson Hutchinson (LANL) | LANL IE35: Fukushima Fuel Retrieval And Montoring Experiments (1FRAM) |
| Joetta Goda (LANL) | NCERC Control Room Upgrades |
| Walid Metwally (ORNL) | ANS Nuclear 101 Course: Updates and Moving Forward |
